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G. F, SCARBQROUGH.

BOTTLE CAP R'EMOVER AND ALARM. APPLICATION FILED JULLY 12. 19m.

1,307,519. PatgntedJune 24,1919.

STATES P- tmn'.r OFFICE.

CHARLES F. SCARBOROUGH, OF MOUNT GILEAD, NORTH CAROLINA.

- BOTTLECAI' REMOVF IR AND To all whom it may concern: N Be it known. that 1, CHARLES F. SGAR- BOROUGH, citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Gilead, in the county of Montgomery and Stateof North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful" Improve ments in Bottle-Cap Removers and Alarms,

of which the following a specification.

This invention frelates to an improved bottle cap remover and alarm, being particularly designed for use at stands selling soft'drinks, and has as its primary object to provide an arrangement whereby the surreptitious removal of'the cap of a bottle and the appropriation of a'bottled drink will be prevented. I a g The inventionhas' as afurther ob ect to provide a construction wherein, upon the application of the remover to the cap of a bottle, for removing the cap, the alarm wlll be sounded. T

JL still further object of the invention is to provide a construction wherein'the .re-

mover will be equipped with arms formed to fit over a bottle cap to engage therewith for removing the cap and wherein upon the, engagement of the arms with the cap, the cap will close a circuit through the said arms for sounding the alarm 1 And the invention has as a'still further object to provide a device of the above ,de M

scribed character which will be particularly simple in construction and which will be adapted for general use as a bottle cap remover. Y K I p Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds. j In the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the pre ferred .embodiment of the invention, and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views: Figure 1 is an elevation showin my improved bottle cap remover and a arm, the alarm being conventionall illustrated,

Fig. 2 is a planview o the remover with the top section of the handle removed,

- Fig.-3iis atransverse sectional view taken on theline 3 3 of'Fig. 2 and showing the mounting of the cap 'engagin arms of the remover upon the handle, an Fig. 4:.i's' a transverse sectional view taken. on the line 4 -4; of Fig. 2 and showing the manner in which the circuit wires leading to p I Specification of Letters Patent. V Patented J 11119 24 1919 ".s ncation ni a Jul 12, 1918. Serial No. 244,561.

the alarm areconnected with-the cap engaging arms. l

In'carrying out the invention I employ a cap remover includin v handle is, as particularly shown. in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, formed of mating "sections 11 and 12 and ma be constructed forward end of the handle and diverge toa handle 10. This ward their inner ends to enter recesses 15 formed at the junction of the handle sections. At points adjacent the forward end of the handle, the arms 13 and 1 1 are pro v vided with'fiattened portions 16 and loosely fitted through these flattened portions are screw bolts or other suitable fastening devices 17 which also extend through the Sections of the handle and act to, clamp the,

said sections together as well as secure the arms inposition upon, the handle. From the forward end of the handle ,'th,e outer end portion of. the arm 13 is formed to provide a curved cap engaging member'18 while the outer end portion of the arm '14 is formed to provide a'curved cap engaging member 19 coac'ting split loop adapted to engage over the cap of a bottle in a manner well understood.

"Preferably, the member 18 is provided with spaced lugs 20 while th member 19 is provided with a similar lug 21 to coact with the bottle cap. At their inner ends the arms 13 and 14 are formed with reduced loo ed terminals 22 within the recesses 15. x-

tending through and connecting the sections 11 and 12 of the handle, preferably at a point between said recesses, is a screw bolt or other suitable fastenin' device 23 similar with the fmelnber 18. to definev a tions while, at the same time, the said sections maybe readily, disconnected.

' At the rear end portion of the handle, the

faces of the sections thereof confrontin are forme with a channel 25 which at its inner end, is provided with branches 26 .with the arms 13 and 14 leading into the recesses 15 and snugly fit-. ting within the said channel is a flexible conductor 27. The circuit wires of this conductor are, at their inner ends, led through the channel branches 26 and are connected by screw bolts or other suitable fasten' devices 28 loosely fitted through the terminal loops 22 of the said arms. At their outer ends the circuit wires are respectively connected one with Oneterminal of a suitably located alarm or annunciator 29 and the other With a battery or other approved source of electrical energy 30, while a wire 31 leads from the battery to the other-terminal of the alarm. Any approved type of alarm maybe employed and for convenience, I have c0nventionally shown the use of an electric bell.

As will now be seen, the cap engaging members 18 and 19 of the cap remover are included in circuit with the alarm 29 and battery which circuit is normally broken at the gap between the-said members. However, when in the use of the cap remover, the members 18 and 19 are applied to a bottle cap for removing the said cap, it will 01" the members 18 be seen that'the metal of the cap will close the circuit between the cap engaging members for sounding the alarm. Since both and 19 must be engaged with the cap in order to 'efiect the removal thereof, I accordingly provide an arrangement whereby it=w1ll be impossible to displace the cap of a bottle without sounding the alarm. Accordingly, surreptitious removal of the ca of a bottled drink,-at a stand selling suc li drinks, will be rendered impossible without warning being given to the attendant.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A bottle cap remover including a handle, arms mounted upon the handle and insulated with respectieto each other thereby,

the said arms at their inner ends being adapted for connection with a conductor including the arms in circuit with .an alarm and being formed at their outer ends withv coacting cap engaging members. 2. A bottle cap remover including a han- 'dle formed of mating sections, arms mount-4 and adapted to have a circuit closed therebetween by a cap engaged by the said mem-' bers, of an alarm included in circuit With the said members.-

4. The combination with a bottle cap remover, of an alarm electrically connected therewith and adapted to be energized upon the application of the remover to a bottle cap.

mover including coacting cap engaging members insulated with respect to each other, .of an alarm included in circuit with said. members. V v

In testimony whereof I aifix 'my signature.

CHARLES E, SCARBOROUGH. 1,. 8.]

. 5.' The combination with a bottle cap re-- 

